Marine Corps University has begun reforms to align professional military education with modern multidomain warfare.
Marine Corps University has begun reforms to align professional military education with modern multidomain warfare. Traditional curricula emphasize historical study and strategic theory while recent operational changes involve AI-enabled drones, cyber, space, and joint operations across multiple domains. Under President Brig. Gen. Matthew Tracy and coauthor Benjamin Jensen, the university is introducing a classified all-domain curriculum that combines advanced wargaming, AI experimentation, and battle labs. Students will engage in secure environments to study joint operational concepts, coordinate effects across land, sea, air, space, and cyber, and develop plans for complex threats such as anti-access/area denial networks. The program expands from the Command and Staff College to the School of Advanced Warfighting, with faculty attending joint courses and operational exercises to integrate current doctrine with academic instruction. Assessments indicate that participants have contributed to Department of Defense wargames and written commander's estimates under time pressure. Scaling efforts include blended seminars delivered at classified facilities across major bases. Future changes will shift from lecture‑based instruction to applied learning, embedding battle labs and wargaming across all degree programs. The reforms aim to balance technical training with historical and civil‑military education, ensuring officers develop both judgment and ethical grounding. The university notes that sustained support and funding are required to maintain classified infrastructure and develop analytical tools, and that success will be measured by feedback from operational commanders.
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- 8/13/2026, 10:00:33 AM
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